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19. Maryam · Grammar

Zechariah's Secret Prayer 1–6

Ayah 1

Kāf, Hā, Yā, ʿAyn, Ṣād.

Ayah 2

[This is] a mention of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zechariah

Ayah 3

When he called to his Lord a private call [i.e., supplication].

Ayah 4

He said, "My Lord, indeed my bones have weakened, and my head has filled with white, and never have I been in my supplication to You, my Lord, unhappy [i.e., disappointed].

Ayah 5

And indeed, I fear the successors after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir

Ayah 6

Who will inherit me and inherit from the family of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, pleasing [to You]."

The Birth of John Foretold 7–11

Ayah 7

[He was told], "O Zechariah, indeed We give you good tidings of a boy whose name will be John. We have not assigned to any before [this] name."